XXSYN YAML source

code: XXSYN
xiao_number: S130
name: Synthetic negation
definition: >-
  Negation using "no", "neither", "nor" as determiners or conjunctions.
normalization: finite_verbs
parent: NEG_ALL
detection:
- source: pybiber
  requires:
  - word
  - pos
  cql: '[word={words} & pos="DT|CC"]'
  words:
  - "no"
  - neither
  - nor
- source: mfte
  requires:
  - word
  - pos
  cql: '[word={words} & pos="DT|CC|RB"]'
  words:
  - "no"
  - neither
  - nor
  description: >-
    MFTE XX0 (line 363) tags "no" regardless of POS. Stanza sometimes
    tags adverbial "no" as RB (e.g., "no broader than").
sources:
- biber_1988
- pybiber
- xiao_2009
- grieve_2023
notes: >-
  D2 loading .40 (narrative). Loads on a different dimension than analytic
  negation (D1). More formal/archaic register marker.
examples:
- text: no man could
- text: neither Elf nor Man
- text: nor any light